This area covers the mountains between Fort William, Loch Leven (to the south) and Loch Treig (to the east). The area includes Ben Nevis and Carn Mor Dearg, The Mamores, The Aonachs and The Grey Corries. An impressive 20 Munros are split equally by Glen Nevis and the waters of Abhainn Rath. Relatively accessible from the A82, these mountains hold some classic walking and climbing routes such as The Ring of Steall in the Mamores and Point Five Gully on Ben Nevis. Includes all major peaks above 600m.
I lead a group of 7 people and we had decided on the first full day to ascend CMD and cross the arête to Ben Nevis summit, however conditions were really poor with high winds. So plans were changed for safety reasons and we traversed around the North end of Ben Nevis around by Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe on our right side. We ascended a snow covered zig-zags to the plateau care was needed on the ascent. We continued on to the summit of Ben Nevis with the winds hitting us hard. We touched the summit and then descended to the CIC hut via the route we had ascended - this was a full day of winter kit, crampons, ice-axes.
